On 9/5/2015 12:05 PM, rattus wrote:
> Got it. Sounds like a DAMHIK situation; -) 
> 
> So you're saying that VDD_3V3B does not come up quickly enough to power 
> external devices before the boot configuration is read from the pins? You'd 
> think we should have held off boot a little longer until supplies settle. 
> Given there's no P8/9 accessible way to prolong boot, short of driving a 
> tiny solenoid to hold the reset button down a little longer, how might one 
> isolate the input protection diodes until bot is safely started?

<snip>

> My loadings are a single LVC gate on each line, so basically nothing there.

You can use parts specified and designed for hot-plug, which will not
load the bus until the supplies stabilize.  Alternately, you can use
some of the FET isolation/voltage-translation parts (also commonly
used to make designs hot-plug safe) which will also not conduct until
the power rail is active.

See page 9-10 for some details:
http://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/scdd001

...and the rest of the book for lots of part info. and other
application details.

Or you could just run your buffers off 5V (with TTL level inputs, like
an HCT series part) and not have to worry about loading the boot pins
before the 3.3V rail comes up.  But I don't know what you're driving,
so that may not be an option.

-- 
Charles Steinkuehler
[email protected]

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